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Sun Nov 23, 2014, 08:57 PM

WillParkinson (16,852 posts)

Monterey researchers take first-ever known video of mysterious black seadevil

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/11/22/monterey-researchers-take-first-ever-video-mysterious-black-seadevil/

A research team conducting a dive in Monterey Bay off the coast of California have captured first-ever video of a rarely-seen denizen of the deep called the black seadevil.

The creature was spotted this week in the dark, deep waters 1,900 feet below the surface by researchers with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

"We've been diving out here in the Monterey Canyon regularly for 25 years, and we've seen three," MBARI Senior Scientist Bruce Robinson told the San Jose Mercury News Friday.

Robinson said a luminescent "fishing pole" projecting from the anglerfish's head is a glowing lure to attract prey.

Robinson told the paper they captured the fish to study, but don't know how long it will survive.

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Monterey researchers take first-ever known video of mysterious black seadevil (Original post)	WillParkinson	Nov 2014	OP
Aptly Named!	NYC_SKP	Nov 2014	#1
No sleep for me tonight!	arcane1	Nov 2014	#3
Did he say 9 centimeters?	Iggo	Nov 2014	#15
Be still my foolish heart. Hey...good lookin' . Seriously, I've seen some ugly sons-a-bitches...	BlueJazz	Nov 2014	#5
A familiar tale!	NYC_SKP	Nov 2014	#6
That is probably a female in the pic ...	eppur_se_muova	Nov 2014	#8
Oh God..I remember this fish from when I was reading Scientific American Magazine.	BlueJazz	Nov 2014	#9
Wow	shenmue	Nov 2014	#2
My wish is for sharks with frickin' LASERs on their heads.	longship	Nov 2014	#4
It'll survive until it gets a look at itself	jmowreader	Nov 2014	#7
A HuffPost link for those who cannot view anything FoxNews	ffr	Nov 2014	#10
so cool!	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2014	#14
You're welcome.	rocktivity	Nov 2014	#11
Almost as ugly as Mitch the Turtle.	Hoppy	Nov 2014	#12
Definitely a face only a mother could love...	Callmecrazy	Nov 2014	#13
??????	czarjak	Nov 2014	#16

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Sun Nov 23, 2014, 09:05 PM

NYC_SKP (68,644 posts)

1. Aptly Named!

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Sun Nov 23, 2014, 09:09 PM

arcane1 (38,613 posts)

3. No sleep for me tonight!

It's a good thing they're so tiny!

Then again, that just allows me to imagine dozens of them swimming under the covers

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Fri Nov 28, 2014, 12:35 AM

Iggo (47,094 posts)

15. Did he say 9 centimeters?

That's fricken small, man!

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Sun Nov 23, 2014, 09:20 PM

BlueJazz (25,348 posts)

5. Be still my foolish heart. Hey...good lookin' . Seriously, I've seen some ugly sons-a-bitches...

..in my life but...
Having said that...it probably has a heart of gold. I think they latch on to a female and she eventually destroys it.

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Sun Nov 23, 2014, 09:32 PM

NYC_SKP (68,644 posts)

6. A familiar tale!

Yet, so far, I'm surviving.

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Mon Nov 24, 2014, 01:33 AM

eppur_se_muova (35,624 posts)

8. That is probably a female in the pic ...

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/angler

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Mon Nov 24, 2014, 01:54 AM

BlueJazz (25,348 posts)

9. Oh God..I remember this fish from when I was reading Scientific American Magazine.

I think I was about 9-10 and never saw women in quite the same way after that.

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Sun Nov 23, 2014, 09:09 PM

shenmue (38,440 posts)

2. Wow

I saw those in an X Box video game, a few years ago. That is neat!

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Sun Nov 23, 2014, 09:16 PM

longship (40,416 posts)

4. My wish is for sharks with frickin' LASERs on their heads.

(Never watched that flick, but I understand that this scene is a geek cultural icon.)

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Sun Nov 23, 2014, 10:10 PM

jmowreader (49,915 posts)

7. It'll survive until it gets a look at itself

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Mon Nov 24, 2014, 11:37 AM

ffr (22,365 posts)

10. A HuffPost link for those who cannot view anything FoxNews

Thanks Google!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/24/black-seadevil-video_n_6209694.html

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Thu Nov 27, 2014, 10:00 PM

BlancheSplanchnik (20,219 posts)

14. so cool!

Thanks!!!

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Mon Nov 24, 2014, 02:48 PM

rocktivity (44,465 posts)

11. You're welcome.

rocktivity

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Mon Nov 24, 2014, 04:25 PM

Hoppy (3,595 posts)

12. Almost as ugly as Mitch the Turtle.

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Tue Nov 25, 2014, 05:14 PM

Callmecrazy (3,065 posts)

13. Definitely a face only a mother could love...

Much like my own.

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Fri Nov 28, 2014, 02:50 AM

czarjak (9,932 posts)

16. ??????

On the Ark?

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